Gnathophausia ingens

Gnathophausia ingens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Lophogastrida
Family: Gnathophausiidae
Genus: Gnathophausia
Species: G. ingens
Binomial name
Gnathophausia ingens
(Dohrn, 1870) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Neognathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)

Gnathophausia ingens, the giant red mysid, is a species of lophogastrid crustacean with a pan-tropical distribution.[2] The adults may reach 350 millimetres (14 in) long, including the rostrum.[2] Females may brood their young for up to 530 days.[3] Brooding females live between 900 and 1,400 m (3,000 and 4,600 ft) in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California. They do not feed during this time.[4] When they feed, they prey on smaller crustaceans.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kenneth Meland & Jan Mees (2012). J. Mees & K. Meland, eds. "Gnathophausia ingens (Dohrn, 1870)". World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Linda Haithcock Pequegnat (1965). "The bathypelagic mysid Gnathophausia (Crustacea) and its distribution in the eastern Pacific Ocean". Pacific Science. 19 (4): 399–421. hdl:10125/7299.
  3. ↑ J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1978). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae). I. Dimensional growth and population structure". Marine Biology. 50 (1): 47–62. doi:10.1007/BF00390541.
  4. ↑ J. J. Childress & M. H. Price (1983). "Growth rate of the bathypelagic crustacean Gnathophausia ingens (Mysidacea: Lophogastridae) II. Accumulation of material and energy". Marine Biology. 76 (2): 165–177. doi:10.1007/BF00392733/.
  5. ↑ "Giant red mysid". Monterey Bay Aquarium. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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